During the 2013 Bridgestone World Solar Challenge in Australia, 38 solar-powered vehicles from 22 countries participated in a grueling 3,000-kilometer timed race. The technical and logistical challenges for this student competition are almost insurmountable; they require a truly dedicated team of individuals to make it a reality.

“As our T-Rex technique for generating hybrid prism-tet meshes with boundary layer resolution continued to evolve, our customers collectively expressed a strong interest in using hex cells in the boundary layer instead of prisms,” said Dr. John Steinbrenner, Pointwise’s vice president of research and development.